LessonsNine Augmented Triliteral Patterns with Hamzat al-WaslQuiz

Word / formMeaning / explanation
مُجْتَنِبٌone who avoids; مُجْتَنَبٌ — something avoided.
مُسْتَنْصِرٌa seeker of help; مُسْتَنْصَرٌ — one asked for help.
مُنْفَطِرٌsplitting, from the intransitive infiʿāl example.

The active/passive contrast is clear in the first two. Several colour, state and inchoative patterns are typically intransitive, and ordinary transitive passive-object translations should not be manufactured for them.

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Active and passive nouns across the patterns

Nine Augmented Triliteral Patterns with Hamzat al-Wasl

Word / formMeaning / explanation
مُجْتَنِبٌone who avoids; مُجْتَنَبٌ — something avoided.
مُسْتَنْصِرٌa seeker of help; مُسْتَنْصَرٌ — one asked for help.
مُنْفَطِرٌsplitting, from the intransitive infiʿāl example.

The active/passive contrast is clear in the first two. Several colour, state and inchoative patterns are typically intransitive, and ordinary transitive passive-object translations should not be manufactured for them.